Holy Scripture Speaks

Hilmar M. Pabel is Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, and editor of Erasmus' Vision of the Church. Mark Vessey is Principal of Green College and Professor of English Literature at the University of British Columbia.

Acknowledgments
Sequence and Dates of the Original Publication of the Paraphrases
Order of the Paraphrases in the Collected Works of Erasmus (CWE)
Abbreviations

Introduction
Mark Vessey



PART ONE / 'A KIND OF EXPOSITION': THE PRODUCTION OF THE PARAPHRASES

1
The Tongue and the Book: Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament and the Arts of Scripture
Mark Vessey

2
Exegetical Fictions? Biblical Paraphrases of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Bernard Roussel

3
Historical Imagination and the Representation of Paul in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles
Robert D. Sider

4
Triumphs, Trophies, and Spoils: Roman History in Some Paraphrases on Paul by Erasmus
Mechtilde O'Mara

5
Sub evangelistae persona: The Speaking Voice in Erasmus' Paraphrase on Luke
Jane E. Phillips

6
Jesus and His Family in Erasmus' Paraphrases on Luke and John
Irena Backus

7
Exegesis and Marriage in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament
Hilmar M. Pabel



PART TWO / 'A FULL LIBRARY OF DIVINITY BOOKS': THE RECEPTION OF THE PARAPHRASES

8
The Textual Travail of the Tomus secundus of the Paraphrases
John J. Bateman

9
Why Noel Beda Did Not Like Erasmus' Paraphrases
Erika Rummel

10
The Paraphrases of Erasmus in French
Guy Bedouelle

11
John Bale's Image of Both Churches and the English Paraphrase on Revelation
Gretchen E. Minton

12
Forming a Protestant Consciousness? Erasmus' Paraphrases in English Parishes, 1547-1666
John Craig

Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Scriptural Passages
General Index